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Tinanam0102 Posted 16 years ago
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Catnip for domestic audiences
Hi teachers,
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China, now the world's No.1 carbon emitter, has been less belligerently recalcitrant, but in a policy statement demands that developed countries "take responsibility for their historical cumulative emissions and current high per capita emissions to......substantially reduce their emissions" while developing countries pursue "economic development." Read: no emissions custs here.
Standing on principle is laudable, not to mention catnip for domestic audiences who resent being told by SUV-driving Americans to cut CO2 emissions.
1. Is "catnip" a metaphor here? Could you explain it to me?
2. I think I may miss the meaning. "but" what?
3. Does "Read: no emissions cuts here" mean in the policy there's no "emissions cuts" mentioned?
4. In the quoted sentence above, we see '......' usage, does that mean they shortened the policy statement?
Thank you very much.
Tinanam
Excerpts:
China, now the world's No.1 carbon emitter, has been less belligerently recalcitrant, but in a policy statement demands that developed countries "take responsibility for their historical cumulative emissions and current high per capita emissions to......substantially reduce their emissions" while developing countries pursue "economic development." Read: no emissions custs here.
Standing on principle is laudable, not to mention catnip for domestic audiences who resent being told by SUV-driving Americans to cut CO2 emissions.
1. Is "catnip" a metaphor here? Could you explain it to me?
2. I think I may miss the meaning. "but" what?
3. Does "Read: no emissions cuts here" mean in the policy there's no "emissions cuts" mentioned?
4. In the quoted sentence above, we see '......' usage, does that mean they shortened the policy statement?
Thank you very much.
Tinanam
Top answer
1-- Yes. Catnip = a pacifier; an attractant 2--'But' all that follows in that clause ('but... ') means that means that the editor has eliminated some words that he feels are unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence.
- 1-- Yes.
- Catnip = a pacifier; an attractant 2--'But' all that follows in that clause ('but...
- ') means that means that the editor has eliminated some words that he feels are unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence.
- It is done just to shorten the newspaper article.
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1-- Yes. Catnip = a pacifier; an attractant
2--'But' all that follows in that clause ('but... [China] demands that....')
3-- Read [the above statement] = interpret [the above statement] as meaning
4-- The ellipsis ('...') means that means that the editor has eliminated some words that he feels are unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence. It is done just to shorten the newspaper ar
2--'But' all that follows in that clause ('but... [China] demands that....')
3-- Read [the above statement] = interpret [the above statement] as meaning
4-- The ellipsis ('...') means that means that the editor has eliminated some words that he feels are unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence. It is done just to shorten the newspaper ar
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